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Missing Links Volume Two
Compilation album by
the Monkees
ReleasedJanuary 1990
Recorded1966–1969
GenreRock
Length46:33
LabelRhino
ProducerTommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, The Monkees, Jeff Barry, Mike Nesmith, Jack Keller, Chip Douglas
CompilerBill Inglot, Andrew P. Sandoval
The Monkees chronology
Pool It!
(1987) 		Missing Links Volume Two
(1990) 		Listen to the Band
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Missing Links Volume Two is a compilation album of rare and previously unreleased songs by the American pop rock band the Monkees, issued by Rhino Records in 1990. It is the second volume of a three-volume set, preceded by Missing Links in 1987 and followed by Missing Links Volume Three in 1996.

While several of the tracks had been featured in the Monkees' television series, only one of the tracks had ever been issued commercially: the live version of "Circle Sky" had appeared in the Monkees' feature film Head and was previously released on the Australian compilation Monkeemania (40 Timeless Hits) in 1979.

This compilation contains one mislabeled track, as "Down the Highway" is mistitled "Michigan Blackhawk".[2]

In 2021, Friday Music released the album on colored vinyl for Record Store Day.[3]

Track listing

CD version
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalLength
1."All the King's Horses"Michael NesmithMicky Dolenz2:18
2."Valleri" (TV version)
Davy Jones2:34
3."St. Matthew"NesmithNesmith2:44
4."Words" (TV version)
  • Boyce
  • Hart
3:04
5."Some of Shelly's Blues"NesmithNesmith2:33
6."I Wanna Be Free" (TV version)
  • Boyce
  • Hart
  • Jones
  • Dolenz
2:48
7."If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again"
Nesmith2:45
8."Come On In"Jo MapesTork3:11
9."I'll Be Back Up on My Feet" (TV version)
Dolenz2:39
10."Down the Highway"
Nesmith2:16
11."Hold On Girl"
Jones2:45
12."The Crippled Lion"NesmithNesmith2:52
13."Changes"
  • Jones
  • Steve Pitts
Jones2:27
14."Mr. Webster"
  • Boyce
  • Hart
Dolenz2:55
15."You Just May Be the One" (TV version)NesmithNesmith2:00
16."(I Prithee) Do Not Ask for Love"Michael Martin MurpheyDolenz2:58
17."Circle Sky" (live)NesmithNesmith2:27
18."Seeger's Theme"Pete SeegerTork (whistling)0:45
19."Riu Chiu"TraditionalDolenz1:32
Total length:46:33

Personnel

Credits as per CD liner notes.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Missing Links, Vol. 2 - The Monkees | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ^ Sandoval, Andrew (2013). The Monkees Present (Deluxe Edition) (CD box set liner notes). Los Angeles, California: Rhino Handmade. p. 8. RHM2 535908.
  3. ^ "The Monkees - Missing Links Volume 2 (Orange) [RSD Drops 2021]". Record Store Day. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  4. ^ The Monkees (1990). Missing Links Volume Two (CD liner notes). Santa Monica, CA: Rhino Records. R2 70903.
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